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I agree - I think most of the numbers in the article don't really explain why this is so interesting.

To me, this is the key part of the proposal, if the technique scales:

"at around 15% of the cost of traditional methods."




Cost comparisons are tricky. Planting hevea plantation in mountain areas of Malaysia is one thing, planting oaks in Kazakhstan is another.




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